WINGED ARROW'S MEDICINE _OR_ THE MASSACRE AT FORT PHIL KEARNEY BY HARRY CASTLEMON _Author of "The First Capture" "Gun Boat Series," etc., etc._ _ILLUSTRATED_ BY W. H. FRY AKRON, OHIO _THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY_ NEW YORK CHICAGO [Illustration: "STEADY, THERE!" HE SHOUTED. "RIGHT FRONT INTO LINE! REVOLVERS! GIVE THEM THE BEST YOU'VE GOT!"] COPYRIGHT, 1901 BY THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE THE SECOND LIEUTENANT 9 CHAPTER II. AN INVITATION 21 CHAPTER III. WINGED ARROW 34 CHAPTER IV. THE MEDICINE 47 CHAPTER V. THE REPRIMAND 59 CHAPTER VI. THE BUNDLE OF SAGE BRUSH 71 CHAPTER VII. "GOOD-BY, CYRUS" 86 CHAPTER VIII. IN THE HANDS OF THE SIOUX 101 CHAPTER IX. THE MEDICINE WORKS WONDERS 116 CHAPTER X. GUY IS ASTONISHED 133 CHAPTER XI. IN THE SIGNAL TOWER 150 CHAPTER XII. WHAT GUY SAW 167 CHAPTER XIII. COLONEL CARRINGTON IS DEPRESSED 181 CHAPTER XIV. IN THE SIOUX CAMP 200 CHAPTER XV. WHAT WINGED ARROW SAW 214 CHAPTER XVI. AFTER THE MASSACRE 228 CHAPTER XVII. RE-ENFORCEMENTS ARRIVE 242 CHAPTER XVIII. A PRISONER AT LAST 259 CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION 274 CHAPTER I. THE SECOND LIEUTENANT Guy Preston was a young and beardless boy fresh from "The Point." He was now attached to the --th cavalry and was one of three hundred men who had been ordered to that faraway country to assist in building the fort, which was named after the lamented hero, Phil Kearney. He had left the fort a short time before, and was out after prairie chickens, being armed with a double-barreled shotgun. The brace of birds which was tied to the pommel of his saddle proved that he was something of an adept at shooting on the wing. He was dressed in the uniform of the cavalry service, with a pair of straps on his shoulders that were decidedly the worse for wear, and his horse, a Kentucky thoroughbred, which, although seemingly impatient to exhibit the mettle that was in him, was obedient to the rein and stopped or went ahead when his owner commanded him.